The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-13

The Improvement in the stock market still
continued to-day, the advance being very slow
but steady, subject To frequent unimportant
reactions caused by realizations of profits by
traders Speculation showed "a decided broad
ening tendency, the number of stocks traded
in being unusually large, while the business
done was remarkably well distributed through
out the active list The special features of the
day were the Changers, the Vanderblts,
Western Union and Colorado Coal. In regard
to- the remarkably good showing of the rail-
roads, the feeling that the contamination OF
the Baltimore and Ohio deal is now at
hand has done more 10 develop the connient
feeling now existing in the street than any
more attention. nut Its Vaccinations were eX-
tremely narrowed for the amount of interest
taken in the stock Late in the day Richmond
Terminal took the first place in the market
| and under heavy buying made "A material adj
| vance, all of which advance was lost in the
last two hours of business Reading was more
active, though generally quiet especially after
the first hour. Northwest WAS again
markably strong, aS was also Lake Shore, but
| the remainder of the list. with the exception of
Colorado Coal, WAS only moderately alive,
though presenting firm front throughout the
| day
Advances over the last evenings figures were
insured by small fractions only. Nearly one
| third of the entire days business was trans
| acted in the first hour, but the market pre-
scented no special feature except the strength
| in two or three speciaties- The fluctuations
| were narrow and the trading of slight interest
developed decided strength. One two I'M
important reactions occurred dur ny the after
| noon. but the close was moderately active and
| firm ut the close at the best prices of the day
The business for the day :sS,0O shares.
The entire active list Is higher. though gains,
with few exceptions are marked 10y small frac-
tons
NEW YORK May 12--Green X Co.'S report
on cotton futures says: - The market has
failed to- realiz, any sanguine anticipationS
and the situation the lnN proved Mpuk and
stupid, with only n temporary check ON the
| filling of few buying orders. The tendency has
been weak throughout, closing at about the
lowest and quite tame"
Afternoon report cotton Net receipts, I. !;
gross, 2Ols- Futures closed barely steady; sales
500, May, 1860 10 do June. 10 1isfGl0 10 July,
10 -; August, 10 s.6sl0 - september. III a
@s79; December, .5a9 IS; january, SD
81; February, 9Eiy ~
Cotton firm sales, IN; Uplands, ICAs Or
leans, II I-l6; net receipts, i,SEI; exports 10
Great Britain, Il; To- France, 49,; To the Con
tinent, ~; stock, 3i,6l5.
LIVERPOOL. May Il, p. M Cotton
May, +4-64, seller; May-June, 44-64, buyer;
June-July, 800, seller; July august > i,i-6i;
buyer; Augtst-SePtember 47-64, buyer; sep
tember-Octoher, 1864, value; October No
yember. : ss-ot buyer; Noyem6"r- DECEMBER ,
lures closed quiet.
General Markets.
CHICAGO, May t3.-Trading very dun in
the wheat pit early this morning, and prices
for June hung around the opening figures
s61sc. The crowd around the clique endeav-
ored To break it below that figure, but there
WAS So much ervOusness displayed whenever
the clique houses began buying that nothing
was accomplished. Prices ranged between ~
and 1880 s6ISc all the morning. but the volume
of trade light. ON the afternoon board
the crowd were feeling very bearish- and the
clique had all they could do To keep prices
above Sc. Toward the close June sold up to
s6l4c, at which figure il closed
There was IA continuation Of Yesterdays
closing weakness in corn June opened 1sc
lower at Ssisc- The market continued weak
had ht4.4X Iv fiI ln1
the bull movement of yesterday morning, and
there was consequently disposition Ia sell.
Provisions were weak. Pork, lard and ribs
were all lower In the former article there
juggied Sl.50 per barrel for May and June
Large receipts and lower prices of hogs caused
big decline IN r1bs- June sold from SID
down To S..l5la. and July lard sold from S6.s.Is
down To S6.1112-
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour quiet
and unchanged No. Spring Wheat, s49sds47s ;
SO No Corn ssa SO No Oats t s,sss So
| loose, S7-ssft..:s. Dry salted shoulders, boxed
$3.50 40 short clear sides. boxed, S...0d...5.
whisky 81 10 Leading futures closed:
wheat-May, S51s June, ssh; July, s5l4 :;
Corn-Nay, 3sssc. June, SsIsc.; July, 4II4c /:
oats-May, 2Sas; June, 27le; July, sss- Pork
So; June, S..s,, July, s.-fs.
NEW YORK, NAV 1l.-Southern Flour steady
common 70 fair extra, IS i9a4; good To
choice do. - led5Sl Wheat-June. a57seSIs :;
july ssfes4tsp l-lo torn steady and quiet.
tons "a bee lower, DUH and heavy-No- ., May,
oats-cash steady-NO- =, SSs4: June ;sSSd34Is
| July. 34f1d-Si@s- Hops steady but quiet Coffee
fair Rio steady; No Rio active and higher;
May. Sl6osBl..0S; June, Sl2.6sftl.-I5; July
Slo..stBll;Sa sugar quiet and unchanged; re-
nned quiet NOlaSses quiet Rice steady. Cot
ton Seed OH sS1esIsS5. crude; 3sI%fsH for re-
nned. Resin dull at Sl2sisGl -. Turpentine
/ firm ut Sl1s- Hides steady Wool quiet and
steady. Pork quiet-mess. sl5-SsIl5iO for old;
Sl6 for new. Reef dull Hams steady fierce
| Beef quiet. Cut Meats firm-shOulders. :.
/ Midsiles dull and nominal Lard e6III points
lower and heavy-weSrern steam. S7t1. .l.ls /:
June. So.ssb3.0e; July, S..Os6t. 10; city steam
/ s6-se refined, So. Continental freighrs dull
cotton. l->+t; wheat, ID
ST. Louis, May I2.-Flour steady but quiet
Wheat unsettled No rSd. cash ssIs5ll |;
June. s4l4tls4Ss July sl9sGs2. Corn easier
and closed isc lOwer-cash, Sst4: June, 3-z4 |;
July, sssttssis- Oats quiet-cash, se34 bid JULY
| s44s- Whisky steady AT l.05. Provisions hat
| NEW ORLEANS, May 12.-Coree excited and
higher-cargoes and common To prime, liza.
| lste- Rice quiet and steady-LOuisiana or
binary To prime, 5ssJ4is. Cotton Seed Oil
I prime crude delivered, =ssS.sl- sugar quiet but
steady-Loutsiana open kettle. >. good fair 10
/ prime tse15ls- good common TO fair. 4lxt414:
Louisiana centr1fugals. on white. 5ls-EI5 a-l5:
choice yellow clarified Sc: prime do. 5 I'D
Molassss steady-Louisiana centrifugals. strict
| ~ prime TO fair, sse5SE fair To good prime
WILMINGTON, May 2.-Turpentine firm ar
JIG. h0sln nrm strained. 50 good strained
| 81 Tar quiet at sl-l.ls- Crude Turpentine firm
hard, SLID yellow dip and virgin. ssD